Wigan Athletic showed a packed DW Stadium their worst side and their best side much to the frustration of the majority of the almost 19,000 spectators privileged or unfortunate (tick as appropraite) enough to be in attendance. Manager Roberto Martinez was forced into a few team changes with Steve Gohouri replacing the injured Emmerson Boyce, […]
Wigan Athletic supporter, Supporters Club media manager and Cockney Latic editor Jason Taylor, better known as ‘Jay T’ has decided to take part in the Run4ALife’ event at Haigh Hall tomorrow. He is doing it for a charity close to his heart and also as a bit of a challenge for himeslf. In true ‘LaticsUnited’ […]
It’s been a while for “things that make you go mmm…”, but in the interests of getting my creative juices flowing (and an excuse to reuse the picture) I thought I’d have a go. Just to remind you (or let you know if you’ve never seen me do this before) this series is an attempt […]
Why not it’s a little over 5 weeks to go to before the start of the 2011/12 Premier League season, so why not have a go @ the final table before its even started. So here’s my punt @ where I feel the teams will end come may 2012. 1 – Man Utd2 – Man […]
A DAMAGE LIMITATION EXERCISE You know those angry American drill instructor types usually found in the army? The ones who like to shout ‘DEFEAT IS NOT AN OPTION’. Well that’s the way it should be when going into a football match. However, upon facing the newly assembled Galacticos of Manchester City at the weekend it […]
Three games in and the window has now SLAMMED shut (or would have if I’d been less lazy and finished this article three weeks ago) so it’s the perfect time to do a sort of a season preview. Isn’t it? Well maybe not, but the beginning of September is increasingly replacing the beginning of August […]
“Dad, why have they all got yellow shirts on” Of course the easy answer is that’s the colour of the Norwich shirt. But I don’t think that’s what Master Perm jnr was getting at when, on the opening day of the season, he pointed at the hordes in the North Stand, his question could have […]
Continuing our celebration of the oval ball game and our trawl through the archives, here’s an article from the (occassionally) respectable Johnny Bogroll recalling a story that would be enough to put you off anything, let alone playing with funny shaped balls. Why I hate the rugby. Reason #437: They illegally dispose of dead bodies […]
So, it’s the (assume cut class ‘posh northern’ accent) Silk Cut Challenge Cup final in that London this weekend and, as you may have noticed the other day, our thoughts have turned to our near neighbours, the Wigan Warriors. Of course, by kick off, you’ll be sick to death of hearing just how muchof a […]
I started by calling us Latics because that’s what they call us. And what’s wrong with that, after all it’s our nickname? Well you see that’s not the reason they call us ‘Latics’ – the real reason is that they simply can’t bear to call us Wigan Athletic because they want Wigan to themselves […]